Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-15
ORDINANCE NO, POS.

Granting to the parties herein named the
privilege to construct, maintain and
operate a street railroad in the City of
Sacramento, and granting to them the
right of way for said street railroad over,
upon, and along certain streets Ia the
City of sacramento.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY
/ of Sacramento do oIdain as follows
SECTION ]. There is hereby granted to L. S.
and g. W. Carey, their heirs and assigns sub
ject to the provisions of the Statutes governing
the City of sacramento. and subject to the laws
of the state of California, the right to construct
lay down, repair, maintain and operate for the
term of fifty years from and after the passage of
this ordinance single or double track street
railway or railroad. with all the necessary or
convenient tracks for curves turn-outs. switches
side tracks, stations turntables, and append
ages, aud to propel cars thereon by horse or
mule power, or by wire ropes running under the
streets, aud moved by stationary steam engines
and to collect receive, and retain fare and COM
pensation for the in, through on,
over or along, and in, through, on, over and
along the following streets and parts of streets
in the ity of Sacramento, that is to say: Begin
ming at the street railroad track at the center of
the intersection OF and Fifteenth Q5thl streets
thence running along the middle of Fifteenth
IJth) street TO Il street.
SECTION 2. The rate of fare on such railroad
OF railway must not exceed the srm of five cents
for single fare.
SECTION 3. The grantees herein named shall
pay TO the City of Sacramento an annual license
of five dollars uron each car run and operated
upon Sdlu }, NllltH Sldll ell
title them 10 run, manage, and operate their
railroad or railway every day in the'year.
SECTION 4. The grantees herein named may at
any time, with the consent of the Board OF Trus-
tees of said City of Sacramento, abandon any
part or portion of the franchise hereby granted
upon filing with the Board of Trustees OF the
City of Sacramento, II written declaration OF
such abandonment, particularly describing the
part or portion intended to be abandoned. The
consent OF the Board of Trustees TO such aban-
donment must also be in writing.
SECTION ,. The rate of speed on said railroad
or railway must not be greater than eight miles
per hour.
SECTION 6. The grantees herein named shall
pay and be assessed for the cost of improving
the portion of the street or streets embraced be-
tN cen the rails of the track of tracks of their
railroad or railway, and for two feet on each
Size thereof; and such assessment shall be
lien against the franchise and railroad of said
grantees from the date of such assessment, and
may be collected in the same manner as other
assessments for improving streets are collected;
and said grantees shall keep said portion ofsaid
street or streets constantly in repair, and flush
with the street and good crossings.
SECTION T. If electricity is used no poles shall
be erected in the streets by said parties for the
use thereof.
SECTION s. This ordinance shall take effect
immediately EUGENE J. GREGORY,
President of Board of Trustees.
Passed September II, 1887.
+ n MCKEE Clerk. Sl3lUt